The Biden administration has struggled to reconcile its desire to produce the metals needed for the green energy transition with its environmental credentials.
Big copper projects such as the Pebble mine in Alaska and the Twin Metals project in Minnesota have been killed off.
Trump has already promised to reverse Biden's 20-year ban on mining in the Superior National Forest in Minnesota in "about 10 to 15 minutes" of taking office.
That in itself won't be a green light for the Twin Metals project, which would still have to get state permitting sign-off, but it's a sign that the Trump administration won't be hobbled by the green-on-green cabinet conflict that characterised the last four years.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/trump-20-wont-reverse-bidens-critical-minerals-push-andy-home-2024-11-21/
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